Jarden S
14th October 2010, 01:23 AM
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Skywest plots
Asian growth
Skywest Airlines has confirmed
plans to use an A320-200 to
fly to Bali and Singapore from
Western Australia.
Writing in the company’s
annual report, executive
chairman Jeff Chatfield said the
imminent arrival of an Airbus
A320-200 will help the carrier
ramp up passenger operations.
The airline’s Air Operators
Certificate was recently
amended to include the ability
to sell tickets on routes to
Denpasar, Bali.
Chatfield said that as more
than 50% of its shareholder
base is Australian, Skywest
may apply for an international
airline licence once the A320 is
added to the AOC, opening up
more route opportunities.
“To this end, the airline
is now in the process of
applying to include the route of
Broome-Singapore to its AOC,”
Chatfield said.
More domestic routes are also
being considered, including
Pilbara to the East Coast of
Australia
The competition will be heating up even more. As Broome is already served with DJ to ADL/PER and QF to the East Coast. An even Karratha with QF got that port mostly covered. While the only route out of Port Hedland would be Sydney that has no one on it. Broome having international flights could do well but only small market similar to Port Hedland. So far it looks as if Skywest wont add to the already crowded out Perth to Denparsar market.
Skywest plots
Asian growth
Skywest Airlines has confirmed
plans to use an A320-200 to
fly to Bali and Singapore from
Western Australia.
Writing in the company’s
annual report, executive
chairman Jeff Chatfield said the
imminent arrival of an Airbus
A320-200 will help the carrier
ramp up passenger operations.
The airline’s Air Operators
Certificate was recently
amended to include the ability
to sell tickets on routes to
Denpasar, Bali.
Chatfield said that as more
than 50% of its shareholder
base is Australian, Skywest
may apply for an international
airline licence once the A320 is
added to the AOC, opening up
more route opportunities.
“To this end, the airline
is now in the process of
applying to include the route of
Broome-Singapore to its AOC,”
Chatfield said.
More domestic routes are also
being considered, including
Pilbara to the East Coast of
Australia
The competition will be heating up even more. As Broome is already served with DJ to ADL/PER and QF to the East Coast. An even Karratha with QF got that port mostly covered. While the only route out of Port Hedland would be Sydney that has no one on it. Broome having international flights could do well but only small market similar to Port Hedland. So far it looks as if Skywest wont add to the already crowded out Perth to Denparsar market.